David Seaman Quotes

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

The mental focus it takes to compete against the best players in the world is not easy to maintain. Developing mental toughness is a learned trait, and if you can't develop it in your pursuit of success, you likely won't last in any competitive line of work for more than a cup of coffee.

I believe I am strong mentally. My breaking points might be bigger than most players. I think it's because of the way I grew up with my two older brothers. They pushed my limits quite often - once every day, I think! I think that played a big role in my breaking point being bigger than most players. Not all players.

To play at Real Madrid, it is not enough to just have football quality. You must be mentally strong.

The mind is the most important thing of the big picture and no one has a stronger mindset than amateur wrestlers.

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. A strong and deep mind has two highest tides – when the moon is at the full, and when there is no moon.

Always look at what your goal is. Understand that there are going to be days when you feel like crap. There are going to be days where you feel like "I don't want to do this" but you've got to understand what you're doing it for.

The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner

A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.

You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.

Trying your best not to get stressed out, the hardest part is not to get down, not to let the business get to you. I think the business is more mental than it is talent. I think you can have the talent, but if you don't have it up here, I think you can easily just break down.

I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.

I think positively, you can't harm me mentally, not physically, not spiritually, you'll never get rid of me.

I'm a tough girl, I know what my job entails - it entails a lot more than standing in front of the camera. So I get it. I won't deny the physicality of it is exhausting, and sometimes my body just can't keep up. But it is ultimately about mind over matter.

Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.

Under pressure, you can win with your mind.

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.

Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It's a state of mind-you could call it character in action.

Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?

The deeper we look, the more we shall be convinced that the one thing wanting, which we must strive to acquire before all others, is strength strength physical, strength mental, strength moral, but above all strength spiritual which is the one inexhaustible and imperishable source of all the others. If we have strength everything else will be added to us easily and naturally.

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.